Delhi Court to hear Atishi’s ID plaint against Gautam on May 1
Terming the allegation of Aam Aadmi Party’s Atishi that he has two voter identity cards in Delhi baseless, cricketer-turned-politician and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency Gautam Gambhir asserted that he possessed only one voter identity card and said the ruling party in Delhi is making baseless allegations against him as it doesn’t have any vision for the people.
Gambhir is fighting against AAP’s Atishi from the East Delhi this general elections. Retaliating to Gambhir’s charges, Atishi tweeted and asked former circketer what work he did in the constituency to get the ticket. Earlier, Atishi had filed a criminal complaint against Gambhir, alleging that he has two voter ID cards in the city. Meanwhile, a Delhi court had on Friday decided to hear Atishi’s criminal complaint against Gambhir in this regard on May 1.
Responding to Atishi’s claim that he had two voter identity cards from Rajender Nagar and Karol Bagh constituencies, Gambhir told PTI, “I have only one voter ID card from Rajender Nagar. I used to live with my maternal grandparents as a child at Ramjas Road (in Karol Bagh), but I never voted from or applied for any voter identity card from there,”
“When you have no vision for the people or nothing else to talk about, you make allegations like these,” Gambhir said. He said he believed in “positive politics” and would campaign with a vision to make East Delhi one of the best Lok Sabha constituencies in Delhi, and avoid indulging in blame game with his opponents in the polls.
Continued on Page 4
Gambhir raps AAP, says he has only one voter ID
In a series of tweets, Atishi slammed Gambhir, and asked him to share his vision for the constituency.
“In 4.5 years, AAP Government built 2 new schools of excellence, 2 talent schools, 2 university campus, 25 mohalla clinics in East Delhi and 32 are under construction. Hundreds of new jobs. Tell your vision too,” she said in a tweet.
“I told what we did in 5 years. Now it’s your turn, let me tell you that: 1. What did your party MP @MaheishGirri do for East Delhi in 5 years? What did you do for East Delhi in five years which BJP gave you the ticket from here,” she asked.
She said no voter would vote for Gambhir as he would be disqualified soon. “It is possible @GautamGambhir that I do not have vision, but at least, every vote I get will not be in vain! No voter in East Delhi will vote for you, because your nomination will get cancelled. So by voting for a disqualified candidate, no votes will be wasted,” she said.
She also claimed that Gambhir is not denying the charge of possessing two voter IDs. “If my charge is wrong then @GautamGambhir, deny that charge, present the facts in order to prove the wrong! Why are you avoiding the question,” She said.
Atishi said under section 155(2), a complaint was filed at the Tis Hazari Court, seeking direction for police investigation into offences punishable under sections 17 and 31 of “The Representation of the People Act, 1950 and section 125A of the same act, 1951.
As per section 17 of “The Representation of the People Act” 1950, no person is entitled to be enrolled as a voter in more than one constituency, she said, adding that section 31 makes false declaration in the matter of inclusion or exclusion of voter rolls punishable with up to one year in prison. She had also raised objection over the nomination papers filed by the former cricketer which were rejected by the returning officer of the polls.
Congress has fielded former Delhi minister Arvinder Singh Lovely from the seat.